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Mar 18 2024
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Local churches hold City of Light prayer and community gathering for solution to violence
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A mission to provide an answer to violence in the communities was an idea that could be found within the four walls of Grace Truth Baptist Church. Pastor Eddie Hartwell along with the pastors who were at the gatherings are from all seven wards of Gulfport. They created a City of Light prayer gathering where they would visit the churches in the wards and pray with the
WLOX 13May 01 2024
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eutralized' Outside Wisconsin School
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Witnesses described children fleeing after the sound of gunshots near a Wisconsin middle school where authorities said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside the building Wednesday. There were no reported injuries to those inside the school. For panicked kids and their parents, the incident was terrifying. Parents described children hiding in closets, afraid to
Time MagazineMar 17 2024
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St. John Passion Play a pledge of prayer to protect service men and women
“There’s pretty much a pledge or a prayer for God’s protection,” said Ron Hendershot, president of St. John’s Passion Play. Hendershot has spent decades participating in the play, which began in 1918 and stands as the longest continuously-running Passion Play in America. “The prayer for protection, that is how the play formed and started and so that was actually in 1917. But after that, third
Journal NewsApr 29 2024
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Best public high schools
Our region has some of the country's highest shares of best-performing public high schools, per U.S. News & World Report's recently released 2024 Best High School rankings.
The big picture: D.C. clocks in with the country's highest share of schools listed — 24.2%. Maryland is ninth at 14.8%, while Virginia is 11th at 12.5%.
Zoom in: Alexandria's Thomas Jefferson High School
AxiosMar 13 2024
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Teacher at Maryland church fondled two girls during prayers, police say
A teacher at a small Maryland church sexually abused four girls ages 6 through 12, including two whom he fondled while children had their eyes shut during prayers, authorities alleged in court records. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. Ervin J. Alfaro-Lopez, 33, was being held Wednesday without bond in the Montgomery
Washington PostMay 06 2024
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Columbia University cancels school-wide commencement ceremony
Columbia University announced Monday it has canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony originally scheduled for May 15 after weeks of campus unrest.
The decision comes as the school has experienced pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments on campus over the last few weeks, with students protesting the Israeli military campaign in Gaza and calling for Columbia to divest
NewsNationMay 06 2024
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Vote for the Louisville-area high school Student of the Week
The three nominees for Courier Journal Student of the Week are described as hardworking, wonderful and amazing. Read about them and help select the best of the best. Voting is open until noon Thursday, May 9. You can vote at the bottom of this story. High school principals, teachers, guidance counselors and district officials are invited to nominate students each week based on outstanding
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